Re: How many mathematicians ...


"Uncle Ben" <ben@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Apr 22, 11:39 pm, "Androcles" <Headmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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1/7 = 0.\142857\ + h

If we multiply both sides by 7, we get
1 = 0.\999999\ + 7h
QED.

....

So,

1 = 0.\99999\ + 7h

and earlier

1 = 0.\99999\ + h

Subtracting,

0 = 6h
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h/7 < h and see lemma 1 (which you agreed was fine), h cannot
be divided by 7 before multiplying by 6.

You rested your case, you lost; why are you still arguing, snipping troll?

More seriously, what you snipped discusses the psychological reasons
why many beginners make the mistake of believing the crank Einstein,
who said:

the speed of light from A to B is c-v,
the speed of light from B to A is c+v,
the "time" each way is the same.

Ref:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/figures/img22.gif

and you sure are a beginner, Bonehead.
Hint: I can be as deliberately obtuse as any relativistic crank, I've
learned
all the snide tricks from Humpty Roberts and Phuckwit Duck.
'Faced with changing one's mind, or proving that there is no need to do so,
most boneheads get busy on the proof.'- John Kenneth Galbraith


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